Tønder
Sign in to saveTønder (; ) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,477 (as of 1 January 2025), it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.name
- Tønder
- Settlement.image_skyline
- TønderTorv.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Market square
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Tønder.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Denmark (Syddanmark)
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tønder
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 6.9
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 7,477
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- Notable people from Tønder
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Tønder (; ) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,477 (as of 1 January 2025), it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality.
==History== The first mention of Tønder might have been in the mid-12th century, when the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi mentioned the landmark Tu(r)ndira, which might have been a reference to either Tønder, or the nearby town of Møgeltønder.